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Happens - definition of happens by The Free Dictionary Happens - definition of happens by The Free Dictionary https://www.thefreedictionary.com/happens Printer Friendly happen (redirected from happens ) Also found in: Thesaurus , Idioms . hap·pen (hăp′ən) v. hap·pened , hap·pen·ing , hap·pens v. intr. 1. a. To come to pass: Where did the accident happen? b. To come about as a consequence; result: Trouble always seems to happen when he's around. c. To be the fate; become: What will happen to the business when the owner retires? 2. To encounter something by chance: I happened upon an interesting article in the newspaper. 3. To come or go casually; make an appearance: My friend happened by around dinnertime. v. tr. 1. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause or infinitive to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event: It happened that I was in the shower when you called. It happened to snow on the night she was born. 2. To have the fortune (to be or do something); be in a situation or position (to be or do something): The bus station happens to be close to the museum. I happen to know the answer to that question. 3. Used with an infinitive to make polite requests: Do you happen to know the time? [Middle English happenen , from hap , chance ; see hap .] Synonyms: happen , befall , betide , chance , occur These verbs mean to come about: saw an awful thing happen; predicted that misery will befall humankind; woe that betides the poor soldier; former friends who chanced to meet again; described the accident exactly as it occurred. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. happen ( ˈhæpən ) vb 1. ( intr ) (of an event in time) to come about or take place; occur 2. (foll by: to ) (of some unforeseen circumstance or event, esp death), to fall to the lot (of); be a source of good or bad fortune (to): if anything happens to me, it'll be your fault . 3. ( tr ) to chance (to be or do something): I happen to know him . 4. ( tr; takes a clause as object ) to be the case, esp if by chance, that: it happens that I know him . adv , sentence substitute dialect a. another word for perhaps b. ( as sentence modifier ): happen I'll see thee tomorrow . [C14: see hap 1 , -en 1 ] Usage: See at occur Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 hap•pen (ˈhæp ən) v.i. 1. to take place; come to pass; occur. 2. to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design. 3. to have the fortune or lot (to do or be as specified); chance: I happened to see him on the street. 4. to befall, as to a person or thing: Don't worry; nothing happened to her. 5. to meet or discover by chance (usu. fol. by on or upon ): to happen on a clue to a mystery. 6. to be, come, go, etc., casually or by chance: My friend happened along. 7. Slang. to be very exciting or interesting: That party was happening! [1300–50; Middle English hap(pe) nen. See hap 1 , -en 1 ] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. happen - Fairly new to English, from hap, "chance, luck," which was borrowed from Old Norse happ. See also related terms for luck . Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. happen 1. 'happen' When something happens , it takes place without being planned. Then a strange thing happened . There'll be an investigation into what happened and why. Be Careful! Happen does not have a passive form. Don't say, for example, ' Then a strange thing was happened '. 2. 'take place', 'occur' Happen is usually used after vague words like something , thing , what , or this . After words with a more precise meaning, you usually use take place or occur . The incident had taken place many years ago. Mrs Brogan was in the house when the explosion occurred . Don't say that a planned event 'happens'. Say that it takes place . The first meeting of the committee took place on 9 January. The election will take place in June. 3. 'happen to' When something happens to someone or something, it takes place and affects them. I wonder what 's happened to Jeremy? If anything happens to the car, you'll have to pay for it. In sentences like these, don't use any preposition except to after happen . You use happen in front of a to -infinitive to show that something happens or exists by chance. For example, instead of saying 'The two people he wanted to speak to lived in the same street', you can say 'The two people he wanted to speak to happened to live in the same street'. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you happen to see Jane, ask her to call me. You often use happen to be in sentences beginning with there . For example, instead of saying 'A post office happened to be in the next street', you say ' There happened to be a post office in the next street'. There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way. Be Careful! In sentences like these you must use there . Don't say, for example, ' Happened to be a post office in the next street '. Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 happen Past participle: happened Gerund: happening Imperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative happen happen Present I happen you happen he/she/it happens we happen you happen they happen Preterite I happened you happened he/she/it happened we happened you happened they happened Present Continuous I am happening you are happening he/she/it is happening we are happening you are happening they are happening Present Perfect I have happened you have happened he/she/it has happened we have happened you have happened they have happened Past Continuous I was happening you were happening he/she/it was happening we were happening you were happening they were happening Past Perfect I had happened you had happened he/she/it had happened we had happened you had happened they had happened Future I will happen you will happen he/she/it will happen we will happen you will happen they will happen Future Perfect I will have happened you will have happened he/she/it will have happened we will have happened you will have happened they will have happened Future Continuous I will be happening you will be happening he/she/it will be happening we will be happening you will be happening they will be happening Present Perfect Continuous I have been happening you have been happening he/she/it has been happening we have been happening you have been happening they have been happening Future Perfect Continuous I will have been happening you will have been happening he/she/it will have been happening we will have been happening you will have been happening they will have been happening Past Perfect Continuous I had been happening you had been happening he/she/it had been happening we had been happening you had been happening they had been happening Conditional I would happen you would happen he/she/it would happen we would happen you would happen they would happen Past Conditional I would have happened you would have happened he/she/it would have happened we would have happened you would have happened they would have happened Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus Verb 1. happen - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" come about , hap , occur , take place , go on , pass off , fall out , pass recrudesce , develop , break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" come up , arise - result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" result - come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting" intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week" give - occur; "what gives?" operate - happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected development proceed , go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; recur , repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" come off , go over , go off - happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?" roll around , come around - happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again" materialise , materialize , happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" bechance , befall , happen - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) bechance , befall , betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" coincide , concur - happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" backfire , backlash ,